Car-coupling



(No Model.) "S. R. BRADY GAR COUPLING.

,356. Patented June 13, 1882.

InuenZor NIE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL R. BRADY, OF GRANBY, MISSOURI.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,356, dated June 13,1882.

Application filed April 7, 1889. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, SAMUEL R.BRADY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Granby, in the county of Newton and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOar-Couplers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The drawing illustrates in perspective a car-coupler constructed inaccordance with my invention.

A represents the lower portion of a car to which, in the usual locationsand manner, are secured the brackets B B B, of usual construction,forthe support and attachment of the coupler.

Between the usual buEer-spring, (J, and the head of the draw-bar F is auniversal coupling, D, which permits a free movement of the draw-barwithin its bracket or strap in lateral and vertical directions, theformer to allow easy passage of the cars around curves, and the latterto adapt the coupler to be used with cars of difi'erent heights, whichlatter adaptation is facilitated by means of the block E, which ismortised at its ends to embrace the sides of the bracket, as shown at a,and which is thicker at one edge than at the other, while the bottom ofthe bracket is internally slanted, so that by raising the draw-bar andlifting the block from its seat and reversing it the thicker edge isbrought to the front, thus elevating the head of the draw-bar.Additional or separate blocks either of uniform or varying thickness,like that shown, may be inserted to elevate the bar to any desiredheight.

The head of the draw-bar is hollow, and the link G is extended beyondthe pin-hole 9, so that it strikes against a bell-crank lever, f,pivotally supported upon the head at f To the upper arm of the lever f,at f, is pivotally attached the couplingpin H, which passes through theupper and lower surfaces of the head, as shown in dotted lines.

The outer end of the upper arm of lever f is beveled to co-operate withthe latch plate or catch f, the upper end of which is beveled in likemanner.

The catch is pivotally supported at f, and extended rearwardly beneaththe upper arm of leverf nearly to the pin H, and at one side thereof toa point beyond the pin, and at this point is pivotally attached, or itmay be rigidly secured, to a trippinglever, f which, by the hand-rod 1attached to its rear end, may

arm of lever f, when the rear extension of the catch raises the pin fromthe link, and thus uncouples the car.

I have added a spring, J, in this instance, coiled beneath the lever f,whereby upon the release of the lever f from the catch the pin isautomatically withdrawn and the lever held in position to be operated tocouple thelink when next introduced into the head, and thus the coupleris automatically always set for operation. If it is desired to retainthe pin in an elevated and non-operative position, the hand rod I issecured in an elevated position by any suitable means.

permits a slight lateral movement thereof in the head, which isdesirable in rounding curves, and that the enlarged central portion, g,of the link limits its entrance into the head to such a distance that nodestructive force of two cars coming together in the act of coupling canbe exerted against the lever f and the connected mechanism.

Having described myinvention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination of the draw bar F, pin H, lever f, catch f lever frod I, and spring J, with the link G, having the extended ends andcentral enlarged portion, 9, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the draw-bar F, having the universal joint D, thebracket B, and the beveled mortised block E, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. The combination of the draw-head, the bell-crank lever, thecatch-plate and the tripping-lever, the catch-plate being adapted toretain the pin in a depressed position, and the rear extension of thecatch being adapted to lift the pin from the link, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: SAMUEL R. BBADYi E. B. STOCKING, G. A. JOHNSON.

be lifted to throw the catch f off the upper It will be seen that theshape of the link'

